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» Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1

Adobe has just released the updates to both Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1 fixing the problems that arised in 1.4 and 4.4 respectively. It’s the same new features as preivously with added camera support but without the bugs. Download links are available below for both Lightroom and Camera Raw for Mac and Windows.

 

Lightroom 1.4.1: Macintosh | Windows
Camera Raw 4.4.1: Macintosh | Windows

» Wednesday Goodies

 

I’m proud to announce that I’ll be rolling our a couple of interviews soon with some amazing artists in various medias who I really think you’ll all like. I’m just waiting for the interviews to be completed before I get them out, so expect it in a couple of days!

• Photomatix Pro 3 has just been released and is available as a free upgrade to current 2.x license holders, if you don’t have a license, they are available for $99. Updates in version three includes a much better interface and a lot of cool new features!
   
• Adobe has released their new version 1.0 of the Adobe Meda Player now featuring a lot of cool free content among others, from Lynda, Total Training, Kelby Training and more. What’s also cool is they have a new channel called Adobe TV as well!
   
• I was looking in my Feedburner statistics for this site’s feed and my podcast feed and I was stunned to see the podcast has over 700 subscribers! Thanks to everyone who has subscribed (although I doubt you are reading this since this site only has 12 subscribers :D) in just two weeks!
   
• I just finished writing a massive tutorial (over 14,000 characters) on how to create a simple website with only code which will be expanded on in future tutorials. I just posted it up for all NAPP members on the NAPP Member Forums to see what kind of reactions it gets and if it is all good, I’ll get it up here as well!

» Tuesday Things

I know this is a very late post and I’m sorry for the lack of one yesterday. I’m in bed, at home having a cold which I’m really not wanting at all and need to get rid of by Friday and I was feeling such a headache yesterday that I couldn’t bring myself to any posting. However here are some Tuesday things!

Shoot better eBay product shots: a guide

The people over at Photojojo have a very good guide for all of you guys who are active over at eBay, Etsy or similar and who regularily takes product shots and sell things off them. The guide is basically helping you to improve your product shots to make them look much more professional and classy.

Artist Tip: James Quantz Jr.

If you haven’t already, you really should be checking out the works of James Quantz Jr. which are incredible photography/photomanipulations that are just plain awesome!

Adobe Middle East Design Conference

In the coming days Adobe is hosting the Middle East Design Conference over in Dubai with some of the world leading instructors such as Scott Kelby and Joe McNally as well as many more! Definately worth checking out if you are near in that area!

» Lightroom 2.0 Beta Released!

Adobe has today released Lightroom 2.0 Beta, which contains a lot of new features that are all user-requested. The beta version is available from the Adobe Labs from today and on and it is downloadable on a 30-day trial if you don’t have a 1.x license, if you do just enter it and your copy is good through Aug. 31. Also note that it is indeed a beta version and shouldn’t be used in production environments.

» Adobe to change Photoshop Express terms

 After a lot of complaints throughout the web on a clause in the Photoshop Express terms of use, Adobe has stated that they will be putting their legal team on rewriting the said clause. The clause can be read:

8. Use of Your Content. Adobe does not claim ownership of Your Content. However, with respect to Your Content that you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Services, you grant Adobe a worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, derive revenue or other remuneration from, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other Materials or works in any format or medium now known or later developed.

A note from Adobe today however promises that it will be looked over and rewritten. The note reads as following:

We’ve heard your concerns about the terms of service for Photoshop Express beta. We reviewed the terms in context of your comments - and we agree that it currently implies things we would never do with the content. Therefore, our legal team is making it a priority to post revised terms that are more appropriate for Photoshop Express users. We will alert you once we have posted new terms. Thank you for your feedback on Photoshop Express beta and we appreciate your input.

So now it is just to hope for the best and that there will be a more agreeable terms of use.

 

» Photoshop Express Learning Center goes live!

 

Our own Adobe Photoshop Express Learning Center goes live now on the website! I’m working on a lot more video tutorials but the first parts are up and more are coming as  they get processed and uploaded on the video site! The learning center will also be published over at the Photography Corner because of a partnership we’ve done with them when it comes to tutorials. So go and check out the first parts of the Photoshop Express Learning Center now!

» Photoshop Express Beta goes online!

It’s the day many have been waiting a long time for. Back a year ago at Photoshop World, we got to see the first sneak peak of the Photoshop Express, online image editing program from Adobe. Today, the beta version of Photoshop Express has rolled out, for free, on the web. Let me tell you, it is great, however be reminded:

It is by far everything you can do in Photoshop. Forget the layers, the panels, the toolbars and most of the tools as well. What you really have is a simple interface that allows you to sort, edit and share your photos in a really powerful way still with Photoshop technology!

You can adjust exposure, white balance, hue, do touch ups, distort your images, do black and whites and a lot more in Photoshop Express and you can do it in a really cool way. What you get is basically a slider and thumbnails with an instant preview of the effect at various different degrees. It really works, and is really simple and intuitive.

It is all about sharing though, really. When you sign up, y ou get your own URL (yourusername.photoshop.com) with your own gallery complete with albums and personal styling, all in flash. The slideshows when sharing are really classy and really well done.

If you have a lot of photos on the popular sites, Facebook, Photobucket or Picasa, you can load them right into Photoshop Express and start editing them, sorting them and showing them off, quickly! Adobe is giving you 2 gb of space with your account when you sign up!

So no, it is not a replacement for Photoshop but what you have is an incredibly cool way of editing photos, online as well as sharing them. Without a doubt the best way of doing it so far, for all free!

Oh and by the way, I’m working on a full training center for Photoshop Express to go online either this evening or early tomorrow (depending on how fast the video upload site is). Stay tuned!

» Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac is shipping!

 Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac is now from today and on shipping! Adobe has skipped the whole version 5 and now made the newest version 6 available on Mac as well as on Windows, leveling out the version differences. Elements 6 is really a brand new software from the previous versions and it is a really welcome release.

The pricing sets at $90 for the full new version of Photoshop Elements 6 and if you are upgrading from a previous version of the program, you can get the upgrade for $70. You can purchase the program over at the Adobe website.

» Monday News Stuff

 Today’s been a pretty cool Monday with a lot of music for me, playing flute at a place which I feel was really, really appreciated. So coming up is some of the latest news.

Adobe draws back the Lightroom 1.4 update!

After some problems, Adobe has today removed the update to Lightroom 1.4 for booth Mac and Windows from their site. All users that have installed 1.4 are now advised to remove the version and install 1.3.1 instead.

Rumor: Vista SP1 coming tomorrow?

The latest rumor has it now that Windows Vista SP1 will be released tomorrow. I suppose we just go to wait and see tomorrow don’t we. Microsoft however don’t want to confirm anything other than "on track for mid-March", Amazon has been listing March 18th for a while as the SP1 release date.

Article: Rock your readers like a hurricane!

Today’s article tip is again from Copyblogger where they have a really cool article about rocking your readers like a hurricane! It’s a good read so read it here you too!

» Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4 released

 Adobe has today released updates to both Lightroom and Camera Raw, bringing them booth up to .4 releases and the change in booth is that they now include support for the newest cameras like the Canon 450D and the Nikon D60.

• Lightroom 1.4: Win | Mac
• Camera Raw: Win | Mac